Kes Gray is one of the Independent's top ten children's authors, and winner of the Red House Children's Book Award.

Ever played catch with a six-legged Gog, or made pancakes with an oozy orange Squurm? Every time Nelly rings on a new monster family's doorbell she's up for a new challenge. Come on her monster-sitting adventures in this laugh-out-loud funny first book in the NELLY THE MONSTER SITTER series. The next story is about a Squrims. The Squrims son ALWAYS loves to win so Nelly and him play diffenet games. Then Nelly ask if he wants to play hide-and-seek she has 30 mins. to find him and she cant. I the end she finds him and she contuines baby sitting monsters.

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The great thing about this book is it gets you to really think about monsters as normal people. So, now when I'm walking down my road, I'm imagining that maybe there's a couple of monsters live there, and if I did see like a green, slimy tentacle coming out of a letterbox I wouldn't be so hasty to run away and scream.

Everybody Calls Him "Barkeep": Nelly's father is referred to throughout the series as "Nelly's dad", but only Nelly's mother calls him by his real name: Clifford. Nelly's solution is very simple. She decides she's going to become a monster sitter. But, you know, looking after monsters isn't an easy task. For a start, the monster parents living in each house come in all shapes and sizes. And I really do mean all shapes and sizes. The Water Greeps family have Drip (father), Drop (mother), and the children Plip, Plop ... and Seaview? The last story is about three Water Greeps. Nelly has to take care of three water greeps and while she takes care of them she finds them playing with guns. She asks them where they found it and then remembers the news report about 3 bank robs. So she calls the cops and she solves the case with the help of the Water GreepsFoolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Asti's foolish to Nelly's responsible. Nelly willingly becomes a babysitter to monsters because she wants to help out the minorities; Asti is less of a foolish sibling and more of a lazy one, who cares more about keeping up appearances instead of important things like schoolwork. This story now comes with brand-new illustrations; it was previously published in a collection entitled: Grerks, Squurms & Water Greeps. his two orange tongues actually blurred into one. In a slobbering, slavering frenzy of snarls, he reduced the branch to sawdust. Nelly stood motionless in the garden for a moment, trying to banish thoughts of what jaws like that could do

I loved being read aloud to when I was little, and I remember my mum and dad were really good at doing different voices. And then I went to my friend's house, and her dad read us the same book, but he didn't do the voices. I was really disappointed. What I love about reading is you imagine a character one way, Course, monsters eating you is one thing, but when Glug runs away, Nelly knows she's in even bigger trouble. Imagine telling two monster parents that you've lost their precious baby. Eeek! Hidden in Plain Sight: Justified. The monsters that Nelly meets live in ordinary homes in ordinary suburbia, but they don't have babysitters which is why no one knows that they exist; they're too busy looking after their children.Theme Naming: Many of the monsters have a running theme with their family names. The Water Greeps have names based on water/rainfall. Ever swum with a Water Greep, or played hotscotch with a Hottentop? Every time Nelly rings on a new monster family's doorbell she's up for a new challenge. Come on her monster-sitting adventures in this laugh-out-loud funny third book in the NELLY THE MONSTER SITTER series. Nelly the Monster Sittet has 3 funny stories about creepy animals that are slimy, gooey, spikey, and can see with more than one eye. Monster Sitter's Handbook: Children could write a set of instructions on how to look after a range of monsters including its name, description, diet, home, health, how to keep it entertained, bedtime routines and more. Collect them to make a collaborative Monster Sitter Adventure handbook. I'd probably think they might be quite nice. They might be like the Water Greeps. What I love about Nelly is she's so brave and even though her sister, Asti, is really critical of everything she does Nelly kind of stands up for herself, and she stands up for the monsters as well.